I'm all about capitalism and not big on regulation, as I believe in taking responsibility for your deals, as Karen M. said.

Hope these guidelines help you on your way and again did not mean to be involved in taking your thread away from you!

I think 62 degree air is probably cold enough, a 20 degree drop from intake to output is about right.

I'm sure its been discussed before and I've read plenty about it on this forum but can someone who is currently succesful in taking advantage of whats going on in the country fill us in?

The sizable down payment screens out the ones who would bail on you and gives the tenant buyer a vested interest in taking care of the property.

A good capital raise firm handles all investor intake for you.

I have one rental with a pool, I don't like the pool company I had used, and the pump was out, so I bought a pump online and called a plumber I use for small jobs,,,he doesn't speak english and I don't speak spanish.I showed him what we needed to do to plumb the pump,,he started and I left,,when I got back later I noticed he had run the pipe differently than it was before, but everything worked fine.A day or two later I was over trying to get the pool in better shape (since the pump was out a few days it had greened up),,when I went to clean the basket on the intake side of the pump, I realized the way he ran the plumbing, there was no way to get it out,,,he ran a line over the top,,you can open it, but no room to pull the basket out,,,so I just cleaned out the basket by hand and told the tenants that was how it was done,,,they didn't know the difference

Always disclose everything up front and make sure it is working before a move in takes place.

You can send tenants a new lease 60 days before end of period or anytime and ask them to sign a renewal.3) move-in- Take pictures, movies or whatever you'd like to feel like you'll cover the whole house and note the condiiton before tenants are over with you.

The sealed chamber with the intake on the bottom is a TERRIBLE design and causes problems like this all the time, some of the units are now coming with a wrap around screen for the base of the tank as a first line of dust defense.